Nickelodeon’s saying goodbye to their popular comedy series iCarly with a one-hour long series finale event on November 23, 2012 at 8pm ET/PT. The series is finishing up after five years with a special appearance by a character who’s been mentioned but has never appeared on the show – Carly Shay’s Air Force Colonel dad.

The Plot:

In “iGoodbye,” Spencer (Jerry Trainor) offers to take Carly (Miranda Cosgrove) to the Air Force father-daughter dance when their dad, Colonel Shay, isn’t able to accompany her because of his overseas deployment. When Spencer gets sick and can’t take her, Freddie (Nathan Kress) and Gibby (Noah Munck) try to cheer Carly up by offering to go with her. Colonel Shay surprises everyone when he arrives just in time to take Carly to the dance. When they return from their wonderful evening together, Carly is disappointed to learn her dad must return to Italy that evening and she is faced with a very difficult decision.

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